Perhaps you are a casual contester and have never experienced deliberate jamming from a net that is about to start on a frequency that you have occupied for hours. Sometimes they just demand that you
That is a fairly common copying error, at least for me, and seldom corrected. It could also be caused by transmitting too quickly, before the other station has fully switched back to receive. John KK
Seeing who uses VOX vs a PTT switch would make an interesting survey. It would also be interesting to see what other uses there are for foot switches in the shack? John KK9A There are a lot of guys u
What do you consider an acknowledgement? Many stations, including myself, running at a high rate, just give a quick TU, thanks or just say their callsign looking for the next contact. I never repeat
I think it is a very poor practice to receive a report, send your report and then removed the station from your log unless you have a good reason to believe that the station did not log you. There sh
Hearing QSO B4 is so annoying when calling a station that is not in your log. It happens to me almost every contest. I work the dupes that call me! John KK9A Jukka, That doesn't always work. In a rec
I was wondering the same thing. Also, is it possible to win both the "classic" and traditional SOAB categories? John KK9A It's an interesting addition. Since it's an overlay, can ops do 24 hours unde
I think this is a valid point. If a DX station is for 1/2 the contest it is less likely that you will work him, especially at night when the rates are slower. I believe most "classic" entries did mos
I have operated Sweepstakes Phone a number for times from Illinois and North Carolina and rates typically became brutally slow during the last hours. I cannot imagine anyone wanting operate more than
Don't be mistaken, CQWW - 48 hour is a very strategic contest. John KK9A / P40A Thanks CQ for creating this category ! I think it will give me a reason to operate longer in this contest than I normal
I agree Martin, an ID every three for four QSOs in a hot pileup seems reasonable. At P40A I tried to ID frequently however I am sure that there were times that I got so into running the pileup that I
So you worked the station and then remove the QSO from your log because you did not copy all of the necessary information? That is a terrible operating practice! It would be a much better to ask for
This is in the archives: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/CQ-Contest/2013-07/msg00329.html Hello.... I am a victim of procrastination. I have acquired a small quantity of irc's that I had p
A running station should not be sending faster than their copying ability, however I agree slowing down (a little) is still good advice to get your callsign copied correctly. Just don't slow down too
W7WA has won a number of single band plaques from the state of Washington. John KK9A No matter how much hardware you have, you are not going to win from the Pacific Nortwest. 73 Tom W7WHY ___________
The Array Solutions SixPak requires every bit of 12 volts for the relays to engage reliably. My Top Ten band decoders reduce the voltage (although not as significantly as yours) and so did the diodes
Hopefully you backed up all your contest logs! I set all of my radio computers on UTC and just use the display in the lower right. What operating system are you using? Some systems, such as Windows 7
What is the penalty - disqualification? While it is a poor practice to not regularly I.D., a person can easily make 3 QSOs in 15 seconds and in the heat of the moment it is possible to forget and mak
Personally I hate cut numbers and there are people that will say that you did not confirm the QSO. I also really dislike the use of QSO B4 but no one is banning that. Perhaps the rules should state a
Assuming the station is following the three QSO per I.D. rule, you may wait much longer than 30 seconds for an I.D. if the pileup is unruly and the op is slow. Then when he finally sends his callsign